Dinner Time

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True event that occurred about 15 years ago by the St. Marks lighthouse in Florida. If I hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have believed it.

Dinner Time The scaly, green creature emerged To a beach where swimmers converged How quickly the crowd stepped aside As the fourteen-foot reptile hit stride From the Gulf to a nearby pond He stepped in and poof, he was gone Only then did we see the sign Half hidden by a creeping vine What’s this? Do we need translators? “Please don’t feed the alligators” October 20, 2016

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Joe Maverick

Date: 12/12/2016 4:32:00 PM

As I see it the problem is this.. the gardeners have been fed to the Alligators as a way of keeping municipal costs down Carolyn, and I am not sure on what may be the fate of any translators..'

James Tate

Date: 11/21/2016 4:45:00 PM

Carolyn, you had me hooked from the git-go on this one. While giving clews, you never fully disclosed the critter till the last line. Good poetic skills here.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/25/2016 4:02:00 PM

GREAT humor, Carolyn. I DUG this one!!!

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 10/22/2016 12:16:00 PM

Yikes do not go near those ponds and I guess you learn to watch for those alligators. Glad we don't have any here. love phyl

Paul Callus

Date: 10/21/2016 4:55:00 PM

Had you not been there to see it, I would not have believed it, Carolyn! A story well recounted, keeping our full attention; the end line makes for a fitting climax! A warning to be heeded. Hugs // paul

Carolyn Devonshire
Date: 10/22/2016 7:19:00 PM

I had never seen an alligator in the Gulf of Mexico prior to this incident. It probably stayed close to shore. People were more than willing to give it space when it stepped out of the Gulf. LOL

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/21/2016 3:42:00 AM

- I'm really glad these animals do not live in Norway :) - I had been terrified !!! - hugs // Anne-Lise :)